News and Events

  CPSBB is an organizer and host of the 2nd International Conference on Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (ICPSBB 2023) The event will take place in the scientific campus of CPSBB in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 25-27 September 2023 and will gather scientists from all over the world. The main topics of the conference will be: Abiotic...

Ukranian professors and lecturers in agriculture sciences visited CPSBB. The visit was organized in a partnership with the Agricultural university in Plovdiv. Scientists from CPSBB presented the PlantaSYST project, within which the Center was established in Bulgaria. They also showcased the laboratories, technological equipment, scientific projects, as well as the building and greenhouse facilities which...

Representatives from Dutch companies, specialized in the fields of biotechnology and agriculture, visited CPSBB as part of a business delegation of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Bulgaria. The visit was hosted by researchers from CPSBB who presented the Center and guided the visitors through the scientific campus of CPSBB. Dr. Nikola Staykov presented the...

    Delegations from the Bulgarian Ministry of Innovation and Growth, headed by the Minister, Mrs. Milena Stoycheva, and Plovdiv Municipality, presented by the Deputy Mayor, Mr. Stefan Stoyanov, visited CPSBB and met with the Management of the Center – Prof. Dr. Tsanko Gechev (Director) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vesela Kazashka (Head of Administration). The...

    The Summer Open Days was organized by Opora Zaden on 22-24 June 2023 in Tsalapitsa, Plovdiv. CPSBB attended the event and presented four new tomato varieties, developed in partnership with “Maritsa” Vegetable Crops Research Institute.  Field tomato presentations of the new sorts “Rozovo siyanie”, “Dara”, “Salzica’ and “Mini Miss” were showcased during the...

    The 2nd Regional Meeting “From Science to Innovation” was organized by the Executive Agency “Program for Education” on June 15, 2023 in Gabrovo. More than 80 participants attended the meeting. The event brought together business and municipalities, as well as beneficiary representatives, in order to present them the strategic objectives and infrastructures of...

    Dr. Veselin Petrov and Mr. Petar Kazakov participated in the ISF World Seed Congress, organized by the International Seed Federation in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, from 5 to 7 June 2023. The International Seed Federation  is the largest organization that unites biotechnology, vegetable breeding, and seed-producing companies all over the world....

    Tenth graders from the Professional School of Food Technology in Plovdiv visited CPSBB as part of their practical education in Biotechnology. The researchers from CPSBB, Dr. Emil Vatov, Dr. Maria Benina, Dr. Alicja Wieteska, and Valentina Ivanova, guided the students through the laboratories, greenhouses, and plant growth chambers in the scientific campus, presenting some...

Young scientist from the PlantaSYST project was awarded for best poster presentation by the Association for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries (AMAPSEEC)       Monika Todorova, a PhD student and young researcher who works in one of the partnering organizations from the PlantaSYST project – The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology...

Official delegates from EIT Food visited CPSBB       On 22 May, 2023, a delegation led by the executive director of EIT Food, Dr. Andy Zinga, met with student and teaching community, business and political representatives,  scientists and innovators. Head of the Funding Department, Assistant Prof. Dr. Veselin Petrov, took part in the meeting...